Jerry Lawler Net Worth: Jerry Lawler is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and WWE commentator who has a net worth of $7 million. Jerry (O’Neil) Lawler was born November 29, 1949 in Memphis, Tennessee. He is currently signed to WWE where he serves as play-by-play commentator on Raw and WWE PPVs. Lawler is known throughout the Professional Wrestling world as Jerry “The King” Lawler. Lawler is a former world champion and has held 168 championships throughout his career. Overall, Lawler has held more championships than any other current WWE wrestler, though he has never won any WWE championships since joining the company. Despite being a commentator for World Wrestling Entertainment for almost 20 years, he is probably most famous for his feud with comedian Andy Kaufman. In 1982, Jerry Lawler made national news when he feuded with Andy Kaufman, a feud which began when Andy Kaufman took his comedy act—where he wrestled women and claimed to be the inter-gender wrestling champion of the world—too seriously. When Andy fought Jerry, Andy was hospitalized after being served the ‘piledriver’ move. The two later got into an infamous confrontation on Late Night With David Letterman, the segment ending with Kaufman launching into an obscene tirade that ended with NBC threatening Kaufman with never working on their network again and Kaufman suing the network for $200 million. Lawler is the former husband of WWE Diva Stacy “The Kat” Carter, the cousin of The Honky Tonk Man, and the father of former WWE Superstar Brian Christopher, who also went by the name of Grandmaster Sexay. Jerry Lawler’s career began while he was a disc jockey. In exchange for free publicity for the local wrestling promotion, Jerry received free wrestling lessons. He was trained by Jackie Fargo and made his debut in 1970. He spent most of his first twenty years in wrestling for the Memphis territory, the main title being Southern Heavyweight Championship, which Jerry Lawler won approximately 70 times by 1988. Lawler also created musical recordings and in 1999 ran for mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, but lost. Lawler is also an accomplished commercial artist, designing graphics for various companies, including WWE. In 2007, he painted the cover of the wrestling comic book, Headlocked.
Rey Mysterio net worth and salary: High-flying luchador Rey Mysterio has a net worth of $10 million. And he didn’t accumulate his net worth in a cushy acting job, memorizing lines and spitting them out. No, he earned it in the highly physically perilous world of professional wrestling. Beginning his career in his native Mexico when he was only 15 years old, his star continually rose until he signed with American wrestling circuit ECW in 1995, at the age of 26. Soon after, it was the big time for Rey Mysterio, making his World Championship Wrestling debut just a year later in 1996. It was here that Mysterio’s high-flying style first earned him serious American fame. It was also during his career at WCW that Mysterio first took off his famous mask and revealed his face to the world (as the result of a “hair vs. mask” match between him and Kevin Nash). He was against taking off his mask, but was forced to by WCW management. It didn’t seem to hurt his career though, as his stock among wrestling fans continued to go nowhere but up. After the collapse of WCW, Mysterio found himself working for his formal rivals at WWE, where he continues to be a fan-favorite now and into the future.
CM Punk net worth: CM Punk is an American retired professional wrestler who has a net worth of $8 million. Philip Jack Brooks was born in Chicago, Illinois in October 1978. He started off as a backyard wrestler in the 90s. During this time his brother embezzled money from the promotion and the brothers have been estranged ever since. Punk joined the Steel Dominion wrestling school and then went on to wrestle for Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South. He was hired by Ring of Honor in 2003 and then by World Wrestling Entertainment in 2005. Punk also worked for Total Nonstop Action wrestling from 2003 to 2004. In 2004 he has a feud in ROH with Samoa Joe that led to a five star rating and ROH’s best-selling DVD. In the summer of 2005 Punk won the ROH World Championship before debuting with Ohio Valley Wrestling later the same year. He debuted for ECW in 2006 and was drafted to Monday Night Raw in 2008. Punk has held the WWE World Heavyweight Championship three times, the WWE Championship twice, the ECW Champion, the WWE Intercontinental Championship, and the World Tag Team Championship. He held the WWE Championship for 434 days becoming the longest-reigning champ of the modern era and the sixth-longest reigning champ of all time. Punk left the WWE in January 2014. Today he competes in the UFC. He married WWE Diva AJ Lee in 2014.
Gary Payton Net Worth, salary and career earnings: Gary Payton is an American former professional basketball player who has a net worth of $50 million. Gary Payton gained his net worth by playing for the Seattle SuperSonics for 13 years, and also playing for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers. Born Gary Dwayne Payton on July 23, 1968, in Oakland, California, he is best known for his 13-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics. Payton has also played for other NBA teams such as Milwaukee Bucks, Miami Heat, Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers. Thanks to his tenacious defense, he earned the nickname “The Glove,” while his other tag “The Mouth” came from his excessive trash-talking on the court. Payton first showed his potential while in college as he became one of the most decorated basketball players in the history of Oregon State University. Shortly after his graduation from OSU, he got selected as the 2nd overall pick by the Seattle SuperSonics in the first round of the 1990 NBA Draft. Ever since, he has embarked on a successful, almost two-decade-long NBA career. Among other recognitions, Gary Payton is the only point guard who has ever received an NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. During his career Gary Payton earned around $104 million in salary alone. He also earned millions more from endorsements.